Valve's Employee Handbook Appears Online

[Steve the Pocket]

So am I to understand that the reason we DONT have half life 3 is because NO ONE at valve WANTS to work on it? Is that really the case?

Maybe not Half-Life 3, but certainly other things that really ought to have been done by now, like fixing the bugs the 2010 "update" introduced in Half-Life 2, releasing the Source 2009 code, fixing the issues Steam's been having lately, etc. If nobody wants to do a certain thing, it just doesn't get done, is what I've suspected for some time now.

That having been said, if they were to hire me, I wouldn't want to work on the next Half-Life either. Way too much pressure, and *points up* plenty of other things worth working on.

 

[vxicepickxv]

So am I to understand that the reason we DONT have half life 3 is because NO ONE at valve WANTS to work on it? Is that really the case?

Maybe not Half-Life 3, but certainly other things that really ought to have been done by now, like fixing the bugs the 2010 "update" introduced in Half-Life 2, releasing the Source 2009 code, fixing the issues Steam's been having lately, etc. If nobody wants to do a certain thing, it just doesn't get done, is what I've suspected for some time now.

That having been said, if they were to hire me, I wouldn't want to work on the next Half-Life either. Way too much pressure, and *points up* plenty of other things worth working on.

I wouldn't want to work on HL3 either, but as for the bug squashing thing, that I can do. I enjoy fixing problems, because if they're fixed, then people will just shut up about them.

 

[wintercoat]

Y'know, with all of the horror stories that come out of the video game business, it's nice to see a company who doesn't treat their devs like slaves. Good on ya, Valve.

 

[Storax]

Left for dead 3.

THEY CAN COUNT TO 3? 0_0

Finally, a company that cares about its developers ^_^

 

[Beautiful End]

So then...how does one apply there?

I seriously would drop everything right now and go work for them. No, seriously! Don't test me, I would!

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Now I'm extremely tempted to apply for a job at Valve. :3